At 18 years and 206 days, Kurtis Patterson became the youngest batsman to score a century in Sheffield Shield history when he struck 157 on debut against Western Australia in November 2011. However, it was not until nearly two years later that he played his second first-class match, and his breakthrough season came in 2015-16 when he piled up 737 runs, including two centuries, to be the leading Shield run scorer for New South Wales and sixth on the overall tally.ESPNcricinfo staff